Cross Country

High School: Third place in Division IV CIF
State (’09)… Bay Shore Athletic League Champion in
Cross-County and 3200 meter race (’08-’09)…

Personal: Son of Sylvia and Andrew…
Younger sister Nicole… Was a DC Congressional Intern (summer
’09)… Traveled to Costa Rica, Peru, Europe, Bolivia
and Turkey with family (summer ’10)…

Favorite Athlete: Abebe Bikila.

Favorite Activity Outside of Cross
Country: Backpacking.

Dan just recently returned from a spring semester abroad in
Kathmandu, Nepal. There, he trained in the shadows of the
world’s highest peaks. In fact, he was at Annapurna Base Camp
during his 20th birthday. Dan decided to stay in Kathmandu over the
summer, where he was involved in a social study regarding water
quality. Dan is inspired by Olympic marathoner Abebe Bikila and
wishes to share this article about him: